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[Love my grandkids]

@minimalistWF Not so. I only use my debit card at Safeway AND my bank gives 100% protection in case of any hacking or fraud. 100%.

@Anonymous032819 Call Costco and ask them.

[CalminHeart]

I've had that happen when the strip on the back of my card was wearing out. I asked the bank for a new debit card and it hasn't happened since.

[skatting44]

Alot of companies have fraud monitoring. It was likely that  the two purchases within the same day  in close time proximity may have triggered a fraud alert.

[reiki604]

My payment card never leaves my posession in Costco or any other store. The only card they get is my membership card.

[ScrapHappy]

I've had that happen to me.  Not at Costco though.  Once buying gas and shopping on line.  When I called credit card company, they said they couldn't see anything on their end that was a problem.  Problem had to be on store end.  This was using credit card, not debit card.

[sarahpanda]

It happened to me @ Walmart. Five minutes later, I used the same card at the nearby grocery store....no issues with the card that time.  Go figure.

[depglass]

It happens to me occasionally at our local stores.  They just tell me to run it again and its OK.  

[Imaoldhippie]

@Anonymous032819 .......not so weird it happens from time to time.  Sometimes called a computer glitch.

[Lipstickdiva]

Once in a blue moon, my bank will go off-line for one reason or another and during that period, any transactions are declined.

It could have been a glitch with the machine too.

[just bee]

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@minimalistWF wrote:

@Anonymous032819  Debit cards are a horrible form of payment!!!  No protection from fraud, no credit history to help build your credit score and no rewards. 

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@minimalistWF 

Good point.  After a year of shenanigans with my debit card, I stopped using it.

Don't know how people were shopping with it, but I got tired of going to the bank to get new ones.

Interesting how the bank knows when someone has used your card.